BILL NUMBER: SB 288	CHAPTERED  09/14/00

	CHAPTER   445
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 16, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Peace
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Polanco)
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Washington)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alarcon, Alpert, Baca, Brulte, Chesbro,
Costa, Dunn, Figueroa, Hayden, Hughes, Johnson, Johnston, Karnette,
Kelley, McPherson, Morrow, Murray, O'Connell, Ortiz, Perata, Schiff,
Sher, Solis, and Speier)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Ashburn, Bates, Baugh,
Brewer, Calderon, Cardoza, Cedillo, Correa, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra,
Firebaugh, Florez, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Knox,
Kuehl, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Machado, Maddox, Nakano, Papan,
Pescetti, Scott, Soto, Steinberg, Thomson, Torlakson, Vincent, Wayne,
Wesson, Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 2, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 12301.3 and 12301.4 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to human services, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 288, Peace.  IHSS program:  administration.
   Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
program, under which, either through employment by the recipient, or
by or through contract by the county, qualified aged, blind, and
disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their
own homes.  Counties are responsible for the administration of the
IHSS program.  Existing law requires each county to establish an
advisory committee to provide recommendations on certain modes of
service to be utilized in the county for in-home supportive services.

   This bill would specify the membership composition of the advisory
committee, and would exclude any county that has established a
governing body for the provision of IHSS services prior to July 1,
2000, from those composition requirements.
   The bill would specify that each county shall be eligible to
receive state reimbursement of administrative costs for only 1
advisory committee and would require each county to comply with
certain requirements.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 12301.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   12301.3.  (a) Each county shall appoint an in-home supportive
services advisory committee that shall be comprised of not more than
11 individuals.  No less than 50 percent of the membership of the
advisory committee shall be individuals who are current or past users
of personal assistance services paid for through public or private
funds or as recipients of services under this article.
   (1) (A) In counties with fewer than 500 recipients of services
provided pursuant to this article or Section 14132.95, at least one
member of the advisory committee shall be a current or former
provider of in-home supportive services.
   (B) In counties with 500 or more recipients of services provided
pursuant to this article or Section 14132.95, at least two members of
the advisory committee shall be a current or former provider of
in-home supportive services.
   (2) Individuals who represent organizations that advocate for
people with disabilities or seniors may be appointed to committees
under this section.
   (3) Individuals from community-based organizations that advocate
on behalf of home care employees may be appointed to committees under
this section.
   (4) A county board of supervisors shall not appoint more than one
county employee as a member of the advisory committee, but may
designate any county employee to provide ongoing advice and support
to the advisory committee.
   (b) Prior to the appointment of members to a committee required by
subdivision (a), the county board of supervisors shall solicit
recommendations for qualified members through a fair and open process
that includes the provision of reasonable written notice to, and
reasonable response time by, members of the general public and
interested persons and organizations.
   (c) The advisory committee shall submit recommendations to the
county board of supervisors on the preferred mode or modes of service
to be utilized in the county for in-home supportive services.
   (d) Any county that has established a governing body, as provided
in subdivision (b) of Section 12301.6, prior to July 1, 2000, shall
not be required to comply with the composition requirements of
subdivision (a) and shall be deemed to be in compliance with this
section.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12301.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   12301.4.  (a) Each advisory committee established pursuant to
Section 12301.3 or 12301.6 shall provide ongoing advice and
recommendations regarding in-home supportive services to the county
board of supervisors, any administrative body in the county that is
related to the delivery and administration of in-home supportive
services, and the governing body and administrative agency of the
public authority, nonprofit consortium, contractor, and public
employees.
   (b) Each county shall be eligible to receive state reimbursements
of administrative costs for only one advisory committee and shall
comply with the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 12302.25.

  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide counties that are currently forming in-home
supportive services advisory committees with clarification regarding
the composition of those committees, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.
